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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFrcE.

JACOB RHULE, on rrrrsnnnc, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND oNsLowK. GARDNER, or sAME rLAoE.

CAR-DOOR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,083, dated February5, 1884. Application filed October 12, 1883. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAcoE RHULE, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedOar-Door Fastening, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention consists in the combination, with a car-door, of a hasphaving a hook end and a slot at the opposite end, which hasp is held onthe door by passing its hook end through an eyebolt in the door-frameand passing a staple in the door through the slot in the opposite end ofthe hasp, whereupon a bolt or hasp of a padlock is passed through thestaple on the door.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side View of a car provided with my improved car-doorfastening. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same 011 the line a:m, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the eyebolt. 7

On the outside of the cardoor A a staple, B, is fastened, which isadapted to pass through a longitudinal slot, 0, in one end of a hasp, D,the opposite end of which is bent to fit against the rounded edge S ofthe door, and which bent end of the hasp terminates in a hook, E. Theedge of the door-fra1ne F is provided with a recess, G. An eyebolt, H,passes through the door-frame at the recess G, and on the stem of theeyebolt a spiral spring, J, is coiled, which is held between a plate ina recess in the inside of the door post or frame, and a nut, K, on theend of the bolt, which spring draws the bolt-eye Hinto the recess G. Achain, L, is fastened to the car-door and to the hasp D.

A pin or bolt, M, is held by a chain, N, to the chain L. If the door isto be locked, the hook E is passed into the eye H, and the hasp D ispressed against the door with the curved edge S as a fulcrum, in such amanner that the staple B passes through the slot 0. The pin or bolt M orthe hasp of a padlock is passed through the staple B, whereby the haspis locked in place. The spring J draws the hooked end of the hasp towardthe door-frame and into the recess G.

If desired, a plate, 0, may be secured on the curved edge S, to protectthe same and guide the hasp.

A washer can be placed 011 the eyebolt at each end of the spiral spring,if desired.

. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a car-door lock, the con1bination,with

the hasp D, having a hookend, of the staple B on the door A, and theadjustable eyebolt H, held in the door-frame, substantially as hereinshown and described.

2. In a car-door lock, the con1bination,with the hasp D, having a hookend, of the staple B on the car-door, and of the eyebolt H, providedwitha spring, J, for drawing the eye bolt inward, substantially as hereinshown and described.

3. In a lock for sliding car-doors, the hasp D, having a hook end, incombination with the spring-eyebolt H on the car-door frame, providedwith the collar and nut whereby the tension of spring J may beregulated, and the staple B, substantially as set forth.

J AOOB RHULE. XVitnesses:

J OHN REBMAN, O. A. CAMPBELL.

